At first glance, a laddered approach to structured notes or buffered ETFs may seem like a strategy to manage risk and smooth returns over time. However, the accumulation of embedded gains, increased ...

Today, most retail investors follow the “asset allocation” model of previous generations utilizing a combination of cash, public stocks and bonds. Many financial professionals, in fact, continue to ...

The structured product lets us recognize the fact that there’s a risk there that can emerge from time to time. An example of that might be, say, an equity position on the Taiwan market, where ...

Investors clamouring for exposure to US technology firms drove structured products volumes to record heights in 2024, underlining how the tech and AI frenzy has permeated the complex ecosystem ...